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The Goldstone Report at the UN General Assembly: States Must EnsureVictims' Rights and Not Compromise the Rule of Law

By Guest Post • Nov 4th, 2009 • Category: Human Rights, Israel, Newswire, Palestine, Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance, War

Palestinian organisations for rights and justice have issued a joint press statement in which they ask that Impunity must not be allowed to prevail. International law, and the respect for the fundamental human rights of peoples throughout the world, must not be subject to the whim of powerful States. As Palestinians and representatives of the victims we demand justice, and the possibility of a peaceful future.

The General Assembly must request that the Security Council not only consider the Goldstone Report, but also implement its recommendations.



Decision of Collaborators Furthers Palestinian Genocide

By Kawther Salam • Oct 3rd, 2009 • Category: Human Rights

Addameer, Al Haq, Al Mezan, Badil, Civic Coalition for Jerusalem, DCI- Palestine. NSAN Centre, Independent Commission for Human Rights, Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human Rights Centre, Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, Ramallah Centre for Human Rights Studies, Women’s Centre for Legal Aid and Counseling, wrote a statement:
Justice Delayed is Justice Denied, Decision of Palestinian Leadership [...]



"Litigating Palestine: Holding Israel Accountable in the Courtroom"

By Guest Post • Aug 11th, 2009 • Category: Analysis, Culture and Heritage, Education, Ideas and Projects, Israel, Nakba and Right of Return, Newswire, Palestine, Resistance, War, Zionism

Available now: al-Majdal, BADIL's English-language Quarterly
Issue no. 41 (Spring 2009 / Summer 2009)
Read the magazine online at: http://www.badil.org/al-majdal/al-majdal.htm
Bethlehem, August 2009: The BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian
Residency and Refugee Rights announces the release of its Spring /
Summer 2009 issue of al-Majdal, Badil's English-language quarterly magazine.
This issue of al-Majdal draws on the research and experience of the
participants [...]



Open letter to President Mahmoud Abbas

By Mary Rizzo • Sep 25th, 2008 • Category: Features, Israel, Newswire, Palestine, Resistance, Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance, Zionism

The announcement below was received today from Badil Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights (Palestine)

Begin Forward:

The following letter was presented to President Mahmoud Abbas's office on behalf of 78 Palestinian organizations on Wednesday September 22, 2008. Note that ALL Palestinian political factions have signed on as well.

Please distribute widely.

Open Letter to President [...]



NAKBA COMMEMORATION EVENTS

By Mary Rizzo • May 10th, 2008 • Category: Culture and Heritage, Israel, Nakba and Right of Return, Newswire, Palestine, Resistance, Zionism

Press release – BADIL and the Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign on behalf of
the National Committee to Commemorate the Nakba*
Nakba Commemoration – 11 May, 2008

Prominent authors and poets from around the world present their work in the Palestine Literary Festival.
The campaign to educate Palestinians on the Nakba and their collective Right of Return continues today in the [...]